New Model Government Program Now Available

In the spirit of change and bringing people together the federal government recently began a new program. This program could become a model for all future government programs. It meets all the basic criteria for a model government program. First, it makes the people think government has solved the problem for them. Second, it saves the taxpayers money. And third, it contains features so if it does not save money or solve the problem it has someone to blame.

The TV Converter Box Program solves the problem of poor retirees in the country not being able to get free TV after February 2009 when all TV goes digital. (Poor people in the city have cable so don’t need this program and younger people in the country have satellite TV)). The program lets people apply for free coupons that will cover much of cost of the magic converter box to keep their old analog TVs getting free programs.

The program saves money by ingeniously putting a three month life on the coupons. The program is underfunded (also saving money) so consumers are advised to sign up early before the supply of coupons runs out. Next, the second ingenious part of this program. The stores do not yet sell the converter boxes so if you get your coupon no store can sell you a converter box before your coupon expires. There is a household limit so you cannot get more coupons even if the stores start carrying the converter boxes later. So if lots of people sign up early for the coupons the coupons will expire before they can buy their converter boxes.

Finally, the program has someone to blame. The big corporations knew about the coupon program but failed to build the converter boxes fast enough to meet the demand so they could raise prices and add to their obscene profits. If your coupon is no good it their fault and not the politicians .

This new program is a response to the public clamoring for change so watch for it to become part of the debates in the coming election. The real genius of this new model is it may also become part of the way the federal government solves the social security problem handed down by the New Deal Democrats to the Democrat politicians in the 70s and 80s who made things worse by putting a COLA into Social Security. The program was also made worse when Reagan and the Democrats raised the payroll taxes for Social Security and then spent all the extra money (the federal government bought treasury bonds taxpayers have to eventually pay back). The politicians are still working out who to blame for Social Security recipients getting benefits cut but we think politicians will blame the rich people for not paying their fair share of Social Security taxes in the past without mentioning the fact the government would have spent all that extra money anyway.

To learn more about this model new government program see: https://www.dtv2009.gov.